Released March 30th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : Bill''s older brother of 5 years tells the story.
Bill is the only one in the family who decided he was going to go to L.A. and become a comedian right out of high school instead of college like the rest of his family.
He was great friends with comedian Sam Kinison , who was older than him but seen his potential.
Sam convinced Bills family that he would look out for him and that sealed the deal.
They were working in Houston , Texas in 1984 and it was going so well off to L.A. they went.
Bill was quickly hired for a sitcom that didn't get picked up just as quick.
Sam wanted a cut for helping Bill get notoriety and this caused them to drift apart.
By 1988 Bill was clean and sober. He was getting attention from David Letterman and Rodney Dangerfield.
He was edgy and different.
Back in Austin , Texas Bill filmed 'Sane Man' in 1989.
He filmed 'One Night Stand' in Chicago for HBO in 1991.
These shows gave him International status and he was then invited to Montreal's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival.
The next year the producer of the Canadian comedy show wanted to do another show with Bill , which became 'Revelations' , filmed in London of 1992.
Things were happening so very fast with Bill but by June of 1993 , after 16 years of being a stand up comedian and loving every minute of it , learned he had Cancer.
Stars Steve Hicks
Directed by Rodrigo Pelmonto
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
Released January 19 , 2007 in the US.
Filmed entirely in Spain.
The story : It is 1944 Spain.
The war is over but there are armies still about. One being the Fascist regime and another fighting it.
Young Ofelia is traveling with her very ill and pregnant mother to the country to be with her new father , the Captain of the Fascists.
She is a child who loves to read about fairy tales and this worries her mother.
Almost to their destination they must stop for her mother needs air.
Ofelia gets out and explores the wooded surroundings and while doing so , believes she has seen a fairy.
Later that evening Ofelia is awakened by the very bug she believes is a fairy.
She shows it a picture of a fairy from one of her books and before her eyes the bug turns into a fairy.
The fairy urges Ofelia to follow it into the nearby labyrinth which she was warned to stay clear of.
Inside , Ofelia meets a faun who tells her that she is the long lost Princess Moanna and they have been waiting for her.
Ofelia is given a book of 3 tasks that she must accomplish so she can be free of her human form and once again join her parents and all the forest creatures in the kingdom.
Stars Ivana Baquero , Ariadna Gil , Alex Angulo , Manolo Solo , Maribel Verdu , Doug Jones , Sergi Lopez , Cesar Vea , Roger Casamajor , Ivan Massague , Francisco Vidal , Gonzalo Uriarte
Directed by (& story written) Guillermo del Toro
Rated R
Spanish w/English subtitles
FANTASY/DRAMA/MYSTERY
Released sometime in 1992 on VHS.
Filmed in Canada.
The story : Filmed at the Montreal Just For Laughs International Comedy Festival in 1991.
Bill loves his job and his classic frown face...
Here he enlightens us on his views about Canada , Summer , the beach and moths.
Not fitting in , too much news , Ted Turner and the war being stressful.
President Bush , weapons and technology.
The small town of Fyffe , Alabama and UFO sightings.
Smokers and non smokers. Yul Brenner. Jim Fix. Pornography and Christians.
Not believing everything on TV and last but not least drugs and musicians.
Stars Bill Hicks
Directed by Chris Bould
Not Rated
STAND UP COMEDY
Released December 21st in the US.
Filmed entirely in the UK.
The story : Tommy and Austin Tilden are a father and son team of investigative coroners.
On an evening when they think their work is done for the night the Sheriff brings in a body and needs a cause of death as soon as possible.
Austin was gonna go on a date but decides to stay and help his father.
They are perplexed by the unknown womens body from the get go.
Nothing about her , or her death seem to make any sense and the further into their investigation they get the more perplexed they become.
Soon strange , unexplained things begin happening around Tommy and Austin.
Spooked , Austin tries getting his dad to carry on where they left off tomorrow.
But he is fascinated and determined , so he continues on.
After sometime though , they realize they have in fact awakened something evil.
Stars Michael McElhatton , Jane Perry , Olwen Catherine Kelly , Brian Cox , Emile Hirsch , Ophelia Lovibond , Mark Duddy , Mark Phoenix , Parker Sawyers , Sydney the cat
Directed by Andre Ovredal
Rated R
MYSTERY/HORROR
"Everybody has a secret."
Made for CNN , released September 21st in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : As a child , little Gilda was always being funny.
She loved making people laugh and she was very good at it.
Her mother thought she was overweight and by advice from a doctor , put her on diet pills.
She had a nanny who was her best friend and an older father who also adored little Gilda.
Tragedy struck when her father past.
She was only 13-years-old.
She went on to perform on stage while still in school and then with many other people in theater performances.
She finally seen stardom and fame as part of the most popular line up of cast members for the TV show Saturday Night Live.
Fame and fortune was nice.
Making people laugh was even nicer.
But all Gilda ever wanted was to be loved.
She had many relationships that never lasted.
But when she took a leading role in the movie 'Hanky Panky' in 1982 , also starring Gene Wilder , true love soon happened between the two of them although Gilda was currently married.
Gilda and Gene married in 1984 but after making their third film together in 1986 , Gilda learned she had Cancer.
This film tells Gilda's story which is taken from her own recordings , writings and home movies also from people who knew her , loved her and were inspired by her.
Stars (voice) Gilda Radner , Bill Hader , Amy Poehler , Michael F Radner , Andrew Alexander , Anne Beatts , Chevy Chase , Laraine Newman , Janis Hirsch , Melissa McCarthy , Lorne Michaels , Maya Rudolph , Stephen Schwartz , Paul Shaffer , Martin Short
Directed by Lisa Dapolito
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY/BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY
Released December 14th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : As a child , Navin was adopted into a poor family in Mississippi.
After turning 18 , he decides he needs to go off and see the world.
He ends up in St. Louis and struggles for a bit but that doesn't stop naive Navin.
Working at a gas station he meets a sales man who is having trouble with his eye glasses staying on his face.
Navin suggests a metal nose bridge handle idea that he quickly comes up with.
The sales man loves the idea and claims that when he makes Navin's idea into a money-making reality he will contact him.
After sometime Navin forgets all about the sales man until one day they meet again.
Navin finds that he is now a multi millionaire due to his invention and begins living the high life with his true love.
But that wont last for long.
Stars Steve Martin , Mabel King , Richard Ward , Dick Anthony Williams , Renn Woods , Lydia McGhee , Bill Macy , M Emmet Walsh , Bernadette Peters , Catlin Adams , Dick O Neill , Maurice Evans , Helena Carroll, Carl Reiner , Sonny Terry , Pepe Serna , Brownie McGhee , Jackie Mason
Directed by Carl Reiner
Rated R
COMEDY
Released November 21st in the US.
Filmed entirely in Spain.
The story : It is the late 30s and the end of the civil war in Spain.
Carlos is a young boy whose father died in the war and is now being chaperoned by his tutor.
The two arrive at a boys orphanage.
While there , the tutor decides what is best for Carlos is to leave him there.
Confused and scared , Carlos tries fitting in with the other boys without much choice.
Then he learns of Santi , a boy who once lived at the orphanage that everyone knew but no one knows what happened to.
While carrying out some orders by the orphanage bully , Carlos encounters the ghost of the missing Santi.
Soon Carlos is guided by the ghost through the frightening experience of when he disappeared and why.
Stars Federico Luppi , Marisa Paredes , Eduardo Noriega , Irene Visedo , Jose Manuel Lorenzo , Fernando Tielve , Inigo Garces , Francisco Maestre , Daniel Esparza , JunioValverde , Berta Ojea
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Rated R
Spanish w/English subtitles
MYSTERY/HORROR
